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Alan Chun Tung Liu, Redmond, WA US
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| 20120079487 | Subscriber-Based Ticking Model for Platforms - A central manager receives tick subscription requests from subscribers, including a requested period and an allowable variance. The manager selects a group period for a group of requests, based on requested period(s) and allowable variance(s). In some cases, the group period is not a divisor of every requested period but nonetheless provides at least one tick within the allowable variance of each requested period. Ticks may be issued by invoking a callback function. Ticks may be issued in a priority order based on the subscriber's category, e.g., whether it is a user-interface process. An application platform may send a tick subscription request on behalf of an application process, e.g., a mobile device platform may submit subscription requests for processes which execute on a mobile computing device. Tick subscription requests may be sent during application execution, e.g., while the application's user interface is being built or modified. | 03-29-2012 |
Albert Liu, Redmond, WA US
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| 20100077083 | COORDINATING DATA DELIVERY USING TIME SUGGESTIONS - Coordinating delivery of data to a first computing device from a plurality of second computing devices based on known power times for a resource associated with the first computing device. One of the second computing devices requests a time interval for data delivery. The first computing device compares the requested time interval to the known power times to determine a delivery time. For example, the requested time interval is compared against activation times for recurrent schedules that use the resource, and against previously determined delivery times. The second computing device delivers data at the determined delivery time to preserve the resource. In some embodiments, the delivery time is adjusted for processing delays and network latency. | 03-25-2010 |
Albert Liu, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20120028615 | TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION OF EVENTS BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND REMOTE CLIENT - The present application allows two-way communication between a remote client and a mobile device, such as a mobile phone. User's can be informed of phone events in real time, regardless of their proximity to the mobile device. A two-way communication link allows a remote client to communicate back to the mobile device to leverage the capabilities of the mobile device. For example, a mobile device can be controlled remotely to send a text message. In this way, third parties receive a text message from the mobile device itself, even though it is not in the user's possession. | 02-02-2012 |
Andrew Liu, Seattle, WA US
Chaojun Liu, Kirkland, WA US
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| 20090064008 | USER INTERACTION FOR CONTENT BASED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL - A graphic user interface system for use with a content based retrieval system includes an active display having display areas. For example, the display areas include a main area providing an overview of database contents by displaying representative samples of the database contents. The display areas also include one or more query areas into which one or more of the representative samples can be moved from the main area by a user employing gesture based interaction. A query formulation module employs the one or more representative samples moved into the query area to provide feedback to the content based retrieval system. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100228548 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCED AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION - Techniques for enhanced automatic speech recognition are described. An enhanced ASR system may be operative to generate an error correction function. The error correction function may represent a mapping between a supervised set of parameters and an unsupervised training set of parameters generated using a same set of acoustic training data, and apply the error correction function to an unsupervised testing set of parameters to form a corrected set of parameters used to perform speaker adaptation. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100318355 | MODEL TRAINING FOR AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION FROM IMPERFECT TRANSCRIPTION DATA - Techniques and systems for training an acoustic model are described. In an embodiment, a technique for training an acoustic model includes dividing a corpus of training data that includes transcription errors into N parts, and on each part, decoding an utterance with an incremental acoustic model and an incremental language model to produce a decoded transcription. The technique may further include inserting silence between a pair of words into the decoded transcription and aligning an original transcription corresponding to the utterance with the decoded transcription according to time for each part. The technique may further include selecting a segment from the utterance having at least Q contiguous matching aligned words, and training the incremental acoustic model with the selected segment. The trained incremental acoustic model may then be used on a subsequent part of the training data. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-16-2010 |
Cheng-Mean Liu, Redmond, WA US
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| 20090319692 | EXPOSING MULTI-MODE AUDIO DEVICE AS A SINGLE COHERENT AUDIO DEVICE - The driving of an audio device that supports two or more audio modes is accomplished by associating a first physical device object of an audio device with a first device identifier, the first physical device object representing a first audio mode enumerated by a bus enumerator; associating a second physical device object of an audio device with a second device identifier, the second physical device object representing a second audio mode enumerated by the bus enumerator; and if the first device identifier matches the second device identifier, enabling a coupled kernel streaming audio interface compatible with both the first physical device object and the second physical device object. | 12-24-2009 |
Chi Liu, Seattle, WA US
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| 20110116695 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING MOTION-RELATED IMAGING ARTIFACTS - A method and apparatus are provided for reducing motion related imaging artifacts. The method includes obtaining an image data set of a region of interest in an object, obtaining a motion signal indicative of motion of the region of interest, determining at least one quiescent period of at least a portion of the motion signal, extracting image data from the image data set that is within the determined quiescent period to form an image data subset, and generating an image of the region of interest using the image data subset. | 05-19-2011 |
Christian Ying Liu, Vancouver, WA US
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| 20100039660 | Methods for Universal Data Output - A data output method for rendering at an output device content accessible with an information apparatus, includes obtaining at the information apparatus one or more rasterization parameters corresponding to the output device and conforming at the information apparatus at least part of the data content into one or more output images with said one or more rasterization parameters. An intermediate output data is transmitted from the information apparatus to an output controller that is distinct from the information apparatus and associated with the selected output device, the intermediate output data including said one or more output image. The intermediate output data is converted at the output controller into an output data acceptable for rendering at the output device. | 02-18-2010 |
Dongxia Liu, Mill Creek, WA US
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| 20110066648 | SIMULTANEOUS RESERVATION OF BRAND IDENTITY - Simultaneous reservation of brand identity is disclosed. In one embodiment a method to simultaneous reserve online brand identity includes initiating a simultaneous search responsive to a single criteria, creating a uniform search result of available internet property such as trademark names, domain names, and/or social media names, searching availability of the internet property related to single search criteria, retaining ownership of matching internet property, registering the internet property, presenting opportunity to users to challenge ownership of the internet property. In another embodiment, a method may include abandoned trademarks responsive to a single search criteria are automatically registered and semantic analysis is performed on search results from the single search criteria. | 03-17-2011 |
Eric Liu, Mill Creek, WA US
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| 20090328050 | AUTOMATIC LOAD BALANCING, SUCH AS FOR HOSTED APPLICATIONS - A dynamic load balancing system is described that determines the load of resources in a hosted environment dynamically by monitoring the usage of resources by each customer and determines the number of customers hosted by a server based on the actual resources used. The system receives a performance threshold that indicates when a server is too heavily loaded and monitors the resource usage by each customer. When the load of an overloaded server in the hosted environment exceeds the received performance threshold, the system selects a source customer currently hosted by the overloaded server to move to another server. | 12-31-2009 |
Frank Liu, Redmond, WA US
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| 20120109994 | ROBUST AUTO-CORRECTION FOR DATA RETRIEVAL - A data-retrieval method for use on a portable electronic device. The method comprises receiving a query string at a user interface of the device and displaying one or more index strings on the user interface such that the relative prominence of each index string displayed increases with increasing resemblance of that index string to the query string. The method further comprises displaying an index string with greater prominence when a fixed-length substring of the query string occurs anywhere in the index string, regardless of position. In this manner, the relevance of prominently displayed index strings increases as more characters are appended to the query string, even if the query string contains errors. | 05-03-2012 |
Hai Liu, Sammamish, WA US
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| 20100162096 | Techniques for Utilizing Dynamic Components with Wikis - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for integrating wiki content with one or more dynamic components. A web page is output that contains wiki content that can be edited in a visual text editor. A selection is received from a user to add a dynamic component to the web page from within the visual text editor. A revised version of the web page is output for display. The revised version of the web page includes the dynamic component along with the wiki content. Techniques for parsing web pages having wiki content and dynamic components are also described that use a tag to indicate that the dynamic component is present. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110321029 | UPGRADE MANAGEMENT OF APPLICATION COMPONENTS - Architecture that enables separation of a user interface (UI) upgrade from the content and application logic upgrade. Administrators can upgrade to take advantage of new infrastructure features, and independently schedule the UI upgrade, for example, to accommodate customization work or to ensure user training. Furthermore, administrators can now allow users to choose when to switch to the new UI. More specifically, the architecture facilitates the separation of a UI upgrade from content and application logic upgrade, the ability to control the UI upgrade at multiple levels of precision, the ability for application logic and UI components to change behaviors based on the UI version of the context, and the ability to “preview” the updated UI before permanently switching to it. Additionally, UI components can be filtered to only appear in the appropriate UI version, and the site's UI version can be compared to versions that a component is compatible with. | 12-29-2011 |
Hao-Wei Liu, Seattle, WA US
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| 20120027248 | Foreground Analysis Based on Tracking Information - Techniques for performing foreground analysis are provided. The techniques include identifying a region of interest in a video scene, applying a background subtraction algorithm to the region of interest to detect a static foreground object in the region of interest, and determining whether the static foreground object is abandoned or removed, wherein determining whether the static foreground object is abandoned or removed comprises performing a foreground analysis based on edge energy and region growing, and pruning one or more false alarms using one or more track statistics. | 02-02-2012 |
He Liu, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20100017247 | System and Method for Re-home Sequencing Optimization - A system and method for rehome sequencing optimization of a telecommunications network. In a preferred embodiment, a practicable optimized rehome sequencing plan is determined for a rehome plan in order to migrate the network topology from an initial state to a final state while minimizing the costs incurred during the network state transitions across multiple time periods. Constraints that may be considered include specific market restrictions such as the limit on the number of network elements in a cluster, the limit on the number of clusters in a sequencing step, the limit on the number of sequencing steps, and the immobility limit on the network elements. Constraints also may include cost restrictions incurred during network transitions, such as individual cost limits during each network transition state and an overall cost limit of network transitions from the initial state to the final state. | 01-21-2010 |
Hong Y. Liu, Seattle, WA US
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| 20080279816 | HOMOGENEOUS PREPARATIONS OF IL-28 AND IL-29 - Homogeneous preparations of IL-28A, IL-28B, and IL-29 have been produced by mutating one or more of the cysteine residues in the polynucleotide sequences encoding the mature proteins. The cysteine mutant proteins can be shown to either bind to their cognate receptor or exhibit biological activity. One type of biological activity that is shown is an antiviral activity. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20100104531 | HOMOGENEOUS PREPARATIONS OF IL-28 AND IL-29 - Homogeneous preparations of IL-28A, IL-28B, and IL-29 have been produced by mutating one or more of the cysteine residues in the polynucleotide sequences encoding the mature proteins. The cysteine mutant proteins can be shown to either bind to their cognate receptor or exhibit biological activity. One type of biological activity that is shown is an antiviral activity. | 04-29-2010 |
Hsue-Yang Liu, Vancouver, WA US
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| 20080225065 | Method and apparatus for image registration - A method of registering an image onto a sheet of media on an imaging surface of a printer having a printhead for imaging onto the sheet, comprising: detecting a position of said sheet of media being advanced onto the imaging surface using a first sensor positioned along said media path upstream of the printhead; and firing the printhead at a time based on the detected position and a calibrated distance between the sensor and the printhead. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090026265 | DETERMINING A POSITION OF A PRINT CARRIAGE - A system is provided that includes an encoder strip having encoder markings and at least a first index marking along a length of the encoder strip, an encoder configured to generate a first signal that indicates detection of the encoder markings in response to being moved along the length of the encoder strip, an index sensor configured to generate a second signal that indicates detection of the first index marking in response to being moved along the length of the encoder strip in unison with the encoder, and processing circuitry configured to determine a first encoder index value that corresponds to a center of the first index marking using the first and the second signals. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100214338 | COMPENSATION FOR THERMAL DISTORTION IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - A method of compensating for thermally induced misalignments in a printing system includes measuring two or more temperatures of a structure within the printing system, mathematically differencing the two or more temperatures to produce a differenced value, inputting the differenced value into a correlation equation, the correlation equation predicting a misalignment of a target printing system component, and compensating for the predicted misalignment of the target printing system component. | 08-26-2010 |
Hwa-Song Liu, Puyallup, WA US
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| 20080279903 | Edible thin film strips and process for making - A method to produce edible film and apply the method to produce products containing ingredients from natural sources in one film. | 11-13-2008 |
Jeff Liu, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20090100057 | Organization System for Distributed Items - An item grouping mechanism may be applied to files or other computer objects to allow the files or objects to be accessed according to the group definition. The group definition may be defined in a table with other group definitions and distributed across an organization so that each device using the group definition may have files or other items presented in a consistent manner. The group definition may be distributed through a different mechanism than for the files or other items. If a device determines that a file defined in the group definition is missing from a local store, the device may retrieve the file from a distribution server. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090100370 | Graphical Representation of Tabular Data - An enterprise management system may present data in a user interface that contains tabular data and a graphical representation of the tabular data. The graphical representation may change based on portions of the tabular data that may be selected, and may show a graphical data summary if no rows are selected, or detailed graphical illustrations of the selected rows. In some cases, filters may be applied to the data, and a selection tool may enable a user to select from several different parameters in each row. | 04-16-2009 |
Jiahe Liu, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20090319577 | PROVIDING LOCALIZED INDIVIDUALLY CUSTOMIZED UPDATES FROM A SOCIAL NETWORK SITE TO A DESKTOP APPLICATION - A method of providing updates from a social network to a desktop application is provided. An update is created in an application and if the application has permission, it creates an entry in a recent activity queue. The queue is then subject to analysis to reduce the number of entries in the queue. Subscribers that have permission to receive updates from the publisher and the publishing application then receive updates from the publisher. | 12-24-2009 |
Jinyue Liu, Redmond, WA US
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| 20100131420 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONLINE, MULTI-PARCEL, MULTI-CARRIER, MULTI-SERVICE PARCEL RETURNS SHIPPING MANAGEMENT - The present invention provides a computer system (the “System”, or the “Return System”) that is configured and programmed to provide online stores with a fast, simple, convenient way for eCommerce customers of an online store to return merchandise purchased from that store from within that online store. The Return System provides multi-carrier shipment rating, shipment labeling, shipment tracking, shipment tracking management reports, returns analysis and returns management reporting In an exemplary embodiment, the Return System has three major components: 1.) A Returns Manager Subsystem that provides a user interface to each Merchant to setup the Merchant's account, setup the Merchant's return policy and rules, and to monitor the status and movement of return shipments; 2.) A Consumer Returns Subsystem (also sometimes referred to as a “Customer Returns Subsystem”) that provides each consumer using the Returns System with an online user interface that leads the consumer through the returns process, displays the return policies and rules to the consumer, provides shipping document to ship the return package if appropriate, and permits the consumer to track their return shipments; and 3.) a Returns Processing Subsystem that, in the exemplary embodiment, provides background shipping and tracking functionality. In one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the Online Merchant integrates the Merchant's online system with the Returns Processing Subsystem. In another exemplary embodiment, the Returns Processing Subsystem is provided as an independent web-based application service (referred to as a “Return Merchant Service System”) operated by a common provider. In such an embodiment, the Merchant's system interacts with the Return Merchant Service System through Application Program Interfaces (“API”). | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110246384 | Apparatus, Systems and Methods For Online, Multi-Parcel, Multi-Carrier, Multi-Service Enterprise Parcel Shipping Management - The present invention provides a plurality of Enterprises with a single online user interface with which the Enterprise can provide Enterprise Shippers, shipping origination users and shipping intermediary users with an automated parcel management system for a plurality of supported Carriers for a plurality of services. The present invention provides for the hierarchical definition of users, including the establishment of at least one user for each Enterprise as a Super-Administrator with the highest level of privileges and authority for the Enterprise, and the identification of other users as Sub-Administrators, Desktop Users and Shipping Station Users. The present invention also provides for the hierarchical definition of organizational units within each Enterprise, including the definition of sites, groups within a site, and users within a group. The present invention further provides for a distinct definition of policies, privileges, and other types of specifications for each user level, each user, and each organizational unit. The present invention applies the user and organizational policies, privileges and other specifications as they apply to each particular user to drive the interactive interface with each particular user and to provide among other things, shipping options, shipping services, shipping rates, traveler and/or shipping label preparation, and shipment tracking. | 10-06-2011 |
Jinyue Liu, Sammamish, WA US
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| 20100153148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFICATION OF SERVICE STATUS OF GEOGRAPHICAL DELIVERY AREAS FOR COMMON CARRIERS - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for modifying the status for one or more carrier services based on one or more geographical delivery areas. Such embodiments provide an interface module executed by a processor to modify data indicating the status for the one or more carrier services in response to obtaining data indicating the one or more carrier services to be modified, a beginning date for which the status of the one or more carrier services is to be modified, an ending date for which the status will return to its pre-existing state prior to being modified, one or more geographical delivery areas in which the status is to be modified, and a modification for the one or more carrier services. | 06-17-2010 |
Jiyang Liu, Yarrow Point, WA US
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| 20120117051 | MULTI-MODAL APPROACH TO SEARCH QUERY INPUT - Search queries containing multiple modes of query input are used to identify responsive results. The search queries can be composed of combinations of keyword or text input, image input, video input, audio input, or other modes of input. The multiple modes of query input can be present in an initial search request, or an initial request containing a single type of query input can be supplemented with a second type of input. In addition to providing responsive results, in some embodiments additional query refinements or suggestions can be made based on the content of the query or the initially responsive results. | 05-10-2012 |
Jiyun Liu, Bothell, WA US
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| 20100016347 | SERIES OF SKIN WHITENING (LIGHTENING) COMPOUNDS - The present invention is directed to inhibitors of tyrosinase, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such tyrosinase inhibitors, and methods of making and using the same. Specifically, included in the present invention are compositions of matter comprised of at least one 2,4-dihydroxybenzene analog, which inhibit the activity of tyrosinase and which inhibit the overproduction of melanin. | 01-21-2010 |
Junli Liu, Bothell, WA US
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| 20090023036 | LIQUID-LIQUID FUEL CELL SYSTEMS HAVING FLOW-THROUGH ANODES AND FLOW-BY CATHODES - The invention disclosed herein relates to fuel cell electrode pair assemblies, not having interposing proton exchange membranes, configured to receive and react with liquid anolyte and liquid catholyte microfluidic flowstreams. In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a fuel cell electrode pair assembly, not having an interposing proton exchange membrane, configured to receive and react with a liquid microfluidic anolyte flowstream (e.g., laminarly flowing methanol solution) and a liquid microfluidic catholyte flowstream (e.g., laminarly flowing nitric acid solution), wherein the fuel cell electrode pair assembly comprises: a porous flow-through anode; a porous flow-by cathode confronting and spaced apart from the anode; and a central plenum interposed between and connected to the anode and the cathode. | 01-22-2009 |
Karen Liu, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20100235730 | CONSUME-FIRST MODE TEXT INSERTION - A consume-first mode for an editor is automatically entered if one or more predefined heuristic conditions are met. Some examples of heuristic conditions include conditions indicating that a user will be entering computer program source code during test-driven development, user action to undo autocompletion, and expected entry of a dynamically typed item identifier. In addition to heuristic consume-first mode, some editors recognize an explicit command to enter or exit the consume-first mode. A list of completion suggestions may be displayed in the consume-first mode, but autocompletion is turned off. An identifier may also be preemptively included on a suggested completions list for use before a user has entered that identifier using the editor. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110167088 | EFFICIENT IMMUTABLE SYNTAX REPRESENTATION WITH INCREMENTAL CHANGE - Efficient immutable syntax representation with parent pointers under incremental change is enabled by creating a data structure comprising at least one tree structure that allows both upward and downward references in the tree and a tree structure that is immutable (read-only), and allows parts of itself to be re-used in other data structures. The data structure described enables tools to search and target particular sub trees. The fragment of the tree representing the targeted sub tree is produced as it is used. The rest of the tree is not produced. The read-only tree retains relative information, allowing it to be reassembled and shared. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167404 | CREATING INFERRED SYMBOLS FROM CODE USAGE - When writing code, data structures that include inferred symbols are created based on usage of undefined symbols. As the user continues writing code, code model can be updated to represent updated information based on a learning model. Data structures including inferred symbols can be used by software development tools to provide developer help for symbols that are not yet created or are not yet bound. Inferred symbols can be visually distinguishable making the appearance of the inferred symbol information differ from actual symbol information. The appearance of information based on inferred symbols can be included within tools by activating a particular mode in a programming environment. Conversion of the inferred symbol to a real symbol may trigger the automatic compiler-generation of additional source code by a background compiler. Inferred symbols may be converted to actual symbols by activation of an option to make an inferred symbol a real symbol. | 07-07-2011 |
Karen K. Liu, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20090313597 | TABULAR COMPLETION LISTS - A tabular completion list displays customizable rows and columns including information such as but not limited to return types of methods, types of local variables and properties, parameters for methods, a namespace in which a type is defined, an assembly in which a type is defined, accessibility, or a type from which members are inherited. The context of the tabular completion list may be preserved by persisting the completion list display or by transferring the context of a selected row of field in a row of the tabular completion list to a different feature. User interaction options with the tabular completion list may include: selection of the columns that are displayed in the completion list, persisting the completion list display, transferring the context of the completion list window to other features and sorting of the rows of tabular information according to different columns. | 12-17-2009 |
Larry Lingnan Liu, Mill Creek, WA US
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| 20090030313 | Three Dimensional Diagnostic Ultrasonic Image Display - A three dimensional ultrasonic imaging system acquires 3D image data from a volumetric region and processes the image data to produce a live 3D image of the volumetric region, a 2D image of a face or a central cut plane of the volumetric region, and a 2D image of a cut plane which is orthogonal to the plane of the first 2D image. The two 2D images enable the user to quickly orient the position of the anatomy shown in 3D in the live 3D image. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090118616 | Three Dimensional Ultrasonic Scanning With a Steerable Volumetric Region - A three dimensional ultrasonic imaging system produces a live steerable 3D image of a volumetric region of a subject. The system includes a user control which is continuously adjustable by a user to sweep the displayed 3D volume between the limits of left and right beam steering angles of an electronically steered matrix array transducer. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090149757 | Three Dimensional Ultrasonic Scanning With Live Subvolumes - A three dimensional ultrasonic imaging system includes a matrix array transducer which is capable of scanning beams over a maximal volumetric region. The array transducer is operable to selectively scan one of a plurality of subvolumes of the maximal volumetric region at a real time scanning rate such that a live 3D image of the subvolume is processed and displayed. A user control is actuated to step the system through the scanning of a sequence different subvolumes. In an illustrated embodiment the maximal volumetric region encompasses the heart, and the system can be stepped through the scanning and display of live 3D images of front, center, and back subvolumes of the heart. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090156935 | Three Dimensional Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging System with Image Reversal and Inversion - A three dimensional ultrasonic imaging system acquires 3D image data from a volumetric region and processes the image data to produce a live 3D image of the volumetric region in a given orientation. A user control can be switched by a user to present the image in a different orientation if desired. Both the anatomy in the 3D image and the image format can be inverted, and the left-right appearance of the 3D image can be reversed with a corresponding front-back reversal of the anatomy. | 06-18-2009 |
Min Liu, Redmond, WA US
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| 20090235321 | TELEVISION CONTENT FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - Television content from multiple sources is described. In embodiment(s), a television client device includes an interface to receive television media content in multiple streaming video formats. A television media service implemented in the television client device can process television media content when received in a first streaming video format, and render the television media content for display. In addition, the television media service can process additional television media content when received in a second streaming video format, and render the additional television media content for display. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100299701 | MEDIA CONTENT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND PERSONAL VIRTUAL CHANNEL - A system is disclosed for media content search and retrieval, and a virtual television channel capable of using that system. The present system may be implemented on a computing device, such as for example a media service server, and a client device, such as for example a set top box for a television system, a mobile telephone, a personal digital assistant or a gaming console. A first aspect of the present system relates to a media download control engine which enables a client device with limited capabilities to play media content which comes from a website in a format not supported by the client device. A second aspect of the present system may make use of the media download control engine to obtain media content and create customized virtual channels. The second aspect in particular relates to a virtual channel engine that schedules a continuous stream of content for the user, which content is selected based on topics of interest to the user. | 11-25-2010 |
Peirong Liu, Newcastle, WA US
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| 20100083254 | FLEXIBLE AND SCALABLE OPERATING SYSTEM ACHIEVING A FAST BOOT AND RELIABLE OPERATION - Systems and methods are provided for a flexible and scalable operating system achieving a fast boot. A computing system is described that includes a reserved static object memory configured to store predefined static threads, and a secure kernel configured to be executed in a fast boot mode. The secure kernel further may be configured to chain the static threads to a secure kernel thread queue stored in a secure kernel work memory, and to create temporary threads in the secure kernel work memory during the fast boot mode. The computing system may include a main kernel configured to be initialized by creating dynamic threads in a main kernel work memory during the fast boot mode. The main kernel may be configured to chain the static threads to a main kernel thread queue, and to assume control of the static threads from the secure kernel. | 04-01-2010 |
Peter H.-T. Liu, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20120021676 | SYSTEMS FOR ABRASIVE JET PIERCING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Various embodiments of abrasive jet cutting systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an abrasive jet system includes a cutting head configured to receive abrasives and pressurized fluid to form an abrasive jet. The system also includes an abrasive source configured to store abrasives that are supplied to the cutting head, as well as a fluid source configured to store fluid that is supplied to the cutting head. The system further includes a gas source configured to store pressurized gas that is selectively supplied to the cutting head. When supplied to the cutting head, the pressurized gas can advantageously affect, such as by at least partially diffusing, the abrasive jet. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120085211 | PIERCING AND/OR CUTTING DEVICES FOR ABRASIVE WATERJET SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of abrasive jet piercing and/or cutting devices are described herein. In some embodiments, a piercing device includes a holding or positioning device coupling a mixing tube to a secondary tube. The holding device has one or more passages extending to at least an intermediate portion of the piercing device. The one or more passages allow air to contact or mix with an abrasive waterjet as it travels through the piercing device. In some embodiments, a cutting device includes two plates configured so as to form a slot between the two plates. The cutting device can be placed directly on a workpiece, and an abrasive waterjet can be directed at the workpiece through the slot. An abrasive waterjet system utilizing the piercing and cutting devices disclosed herein can pierce holes and cut slots in materials that have reduced hole diameters and kerf widths, respectively. | 04-12-2012 |
Philip K. Liu, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20120110438 | Proportional Font Scaling - The font size of text included in web page content is proportionally scaled based on proportional container widths and/or a minimum readable font size. The proportional font scaling improves web content readability on small-screen devices while maintaining relative proportions of font sizes between text containers when the text containers are rendered at full display width. | 05-03-2012 |
Pu Liu, Seattle, WA US
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| 20110300186 | Functionalized Nano- and Micro-materials for Medical Therapies - Compositions containing an optionally surface-functionalized mesoporous support and a biologically active agent, and pharmaceutical compositions of the same, are provided herein. Such compositions can be useful in the treatment of tumors, for example, by injection of the composition at a location near the site of the tumor. | 12-08-2011 |
Shao Liu, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20100085979 | MODELS FOR ROUTING TREE SELECTION IN PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATIONS - Peer-to-peer communications sessions involve the transmission of one or more data streams from a source to a set of receivers that may redistribute portions of the data stream via a set of routing trees. Achieving a comparatively high, sustainable data rate throughput of the data stream(s) may be difficult due to the large number of available routing trees, as well as pertinent variations in the nature of the communications session (e.g., upload communications caps, network link caps, the presence or absence of helpers, and the full or partial interconnectedness of the network.) The selection of routing trees may be facilitated through the representation of the node set according to a linear programming model, such as a primal model or a linear programming dual model, and iterative processes for applying such models and identifying low-cost routing trees during an iteration. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110080475 | Methods And Systems For Determining And Tracking Extremities Of A Target - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. A grid of voxels may then be generated based on the depth image such that the depth image may be downsampled. A background included in the grid of voxels may also be removed to isolate one or more voxels associated with a foreground object such as a human target. A location or position of one or more extremities of the isolated human target may then be determined. | 04-07-2011 |
Shengyi Liu, Mercer Island, WA US
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| 20090218888 | POWER ELECTRONIC ARCHITECTURE FOR MANAGING FUEL CELL MODULES AND METHOD THEREFOR - A system for managing electrical power has a plurality of storage devices. A plurality of DC-DC power converters are provided wherein one DC-DC power converter is coupled to each of the plurality of storage devices. Outputs of the plurality of DC-DC power converters are coupled in parallel to form a distribution bus. A plurality of sensors is coupled to the outputs of the plurality of DC-DC power converters for power monitoring of the system. A control unit is coupled to the plurality of sensors and to the plurality of DC-DC power converters to regulate an output signal of each DC-DC power converter based on signals received from the sensors | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100123046 | Disbanded Cascaded Array for Generating and Moving Plasma Clusters for Active Airflow Control - An array of electrodes for selectively generating plasma is described herein. The array includes a first electrode disposed along a first dielectric, and at least a second electrode. A second electrode is sandwiched between the first dielectric and the second dielectric. A power supply provides electrical power to at least the first and second electrodes. In turn, a power supply controller controls the power supply, so as to regulate the electrical power supplied to at least the first and the second electrodes, and to cause the first and second electrodes to generate and move plasma to modify different airflow patterns. | 05-20-2010 |
Shengyi Liu, Sammamish, WA US
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| 20110048484 | THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL FOR ELECTRIC POWER CO-GENERATION - Systems and methods of electric power generation are disclosed. A particular method includes generating electric power using a fuel cell. The method also includes generating additional electric power using a thermoelectric generator (TE) by routing exhaust from the fuel cell to a hot side of the TE and routing fuel cell intake gases to a cold side of the TE. The method also includes preheating the fuel cell intake gases by routing the fuel cell intake gases from the TE through a heat exchanger (HX). | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110131999 | THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR ON AN AIRCRAFT BLEED SYSTEM - A device for producing electrical power. A thermoelectric device is coupled to an aircraft bleed system for generating electrical power using temperature differentials between ram air and bleed air. | 06-09-2011 |
Shieng Liu, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20090301883 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONCENTRATING PARTICLES FROM A SOLUTION - Methods and systems are provided for concentrating particles (e.g., bacteria, viruses, cells, and nucleic acids) suspended in a liquid. Electric-field-induced forces urge the particles towards a first electrode immersed in the liquid. When the particles are in close proximity to (e.g., in contact with) the first electrode, the electrode is withdrawn from the liquid and capillary forces formed between the withdrawing electrode and the surface of the liquid immobilize the particles on the electrode. Upon withdrawal of the electrode from the liquid, the portion of the electrode previously immersed in the liquid has particles immobilized on its surface. | 12-10-2009 |
Shi Michelle Liu, Kenmore, WA US
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| 20090278445 | CROSSLINKABLE HOLE-TRANSPORTING MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES - Crosslinkable compounds useful for making hole-transporting materials for organic light-emitting devices, hole-transporting layers made from the crosslinkable compounds, and light-emitting devices that include the hole-transporting layers. | 11-12-2009 |
Wayne Liu, Kirkland, WA US
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| 20090099769 | ABBREVIATED DIRECTIONS FOR ROUTE NAVIGATION - A geographic navigation system for segmenting a received set of instructions (or directions) that guide a user over a geographic route from a starting location to an ending location, and then abbreviating a subset of the instructions related to the inexact or familiar regions into a more concise and relevant form, yet retain all the information for guiding the user on the trip. Route segmentation occurs before instruction abbreviation by segmenting the route into multiple logical components in which abbreviation can be applied. After the need for instruction abbreviation is recognized and the route is segmented, techniques and designs are employed to generate understandable strings that describe the abbreviated directions as well as controls that allow optimization of the user experience. | 04-16-2009 |
Weifeng Liu, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100174859 | HIGH CAPACITY CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY - A set of data is stored in an input space of a kernel content addressable memory. The input space comprising the set of data is transformed into a feature space of higher dimension. The set of data is a set of transformed data within the feature space. An inner product is calculated between the set of transformed data in the feature space using a kernel function. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100197258 | ROBUST SIGNAL DETECTION USING CORRENTROPY | 08-05-2010 |
Weili Liu, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20110143775 | USER-SELECTED TAGS FOR ANNOTATING GEOGRAPHIC DOMAINS CONTAINING POINTS-OF-INTEREST - A location-based service is provided that allows a user of a mobile device to tag and track the places he or she visits and share these places with social networking members. To implement this service a system receives location information from the user's location-aware mobile device over a wireless network. The location information identifies various locations or other points-of-interest that the user has visited. Based on this information the system determines a geographical domain that encompasses at least some of the locations the user has visited. Once a geographic domain has been determined it is presented to the user via the mobile device. The user is prompted to tag the geographical domain with an annotation that describes the geographic domain. The system stores the geographical domain and the annotation associated therewith so that it can be searched and accessed or retrieved by the user or members of the user's social network. | 06-16-2011 |
Weili Liu, Redmond, WA US
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| 20120131129 | NETWORK LATENCY ESTIMATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Embodiments calculate an estimated latency between computing devices. A latency service aggregates latency records defining latency measurements and corresponding latency factors from a plurality of computing devices. From the aggregated latency records, the latency service defines relationships between the latency measurements and the corresponding latency factors. Responsive to a request for an estimated latency from a mobile computing device, the latency service applies the defined relationships to estimate the latency based on the latency factors associated with the received request. In some embodiments, the estimated latency includes three portions: a first latency value representing the latency from the mobile computing device to a cell site, a second latency value representing the latency from the cell site to an access point, and a third latency value representing the latency from the access point to a destination computing device. | 05-24-2012 |
Wei-Ting Frank Liu, Redmond, WA US
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| 20110238414 | TELEPHONY SERVICE INTERACTION MANAGEMENT - A method for managing an interaction of a calling party to a communication partner is provided. The method includes automatically determining if the communication partner expects DTMF input. The method also includes translating speech input to one or more DTMF tones and communicating the one or more DTMF tones to the communication partner, if the communication partner expects DTMF input. | 09-29-2011 |
Wenhong Liu, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20090106419 | Methods to Test Multimedia Devices on Computer Systems - The described embodiments relate to testing streaming media capture devices and/or computer systems. One exemplary method enumerates and tests multiple streaming media capture device which are operably associated with a computer. The method simultaneously exercises said computer's display and power states. | 04-23-2009 |
Xiao-Jun Liu, Camas, WA US
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| 20100119351 | Method and system for venting load lock chamber to a desired pressure - A system and method for reducing particulate contamination during the loading and unloading of semiconductor substrates into a load lock chamber of a semiconductor processing tool provides one or more pressure sensors that measure the actual ambient pressure in the fabrication facility or within a discrete environment within the fabrication facility and determine a crossover pressure to be used to open a load lock chamber door after the load lock is vented. The crossover pressure is determined by an input indicating a relationship between the desired crossover pressure and a detected ambient pressure. The crossover pressure may be identical to, greater than, or less than the measured ambient pressure. The ambient pressure may be measured on an ongoing or real-time basis. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100247280 | High temperature ball bearing - A ball bearing having external surfaces coated with ceramic materials is provided. The raceways of the ball bearing may advantageously be formed of metal such as stainless steel. The ceramic coating acts as an insulator increasing the resistance of the ball bearing to heat within the ball bearing environment. The balls within the raceway of the ball bearing may advantageously be coated with a lubricant to decrease friction in the ball bearing because the insulating ceramic coating prevents the environmental heat from causing the degradation of the lubricant. | 09-30-2010 |
Xiaoqing Liu, Pullman, WA US
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| 20110172440 | ROSIN DERIVED EPOXIDES AND CURING AGENTS - An epoxide agent for an epoxy resin system, the epoxide agent comprising at least one non-acid functional rosin moiety and at least one epoxide moiety. Another embodiment is a curing agent for an epoxy resin system comprising at least one non-acid functional rosin moiety and at least one moiety that is reactive with an epoxy. | 07-14-2011 |
Xing Liu, Pullman, WA US
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| 20120136643 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GLOBAL VOLTAGE SECURITY ASSESSMENT IN POWER SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for global voltage security assessment in power systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for assessing voltage security in a power system having a number (i) of buses includes capturing a change in bus voltage and a change in line reactive power for at least some of the buses in the power system, for each of the i number of buses, calculating a voltage assessment index) (Γ | 05-31-2012 |
Yun Liu, Lynnwood, WA US
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| 20090323539 | RELIABILITY ESTIMATION METHODS FOR LARGE NETWORKED SYSTEMS - A computer-based method for determining a probability that no path exists from a specified starting node to a specified target node within a network of nodes and directional links between pairs of nodes is described. The nodes and directional links form paths of a reliability graph and the method is performed using a computer coupled to a database that includes data relating to the nodes and the directional links. The method includes selecting a set of paths, from the set of all paths, between the starting node and the target node that have been determined to be reliable, calculating a reliability of the union of the selected path sets, setting an upper bound for the unreliability of the set of all paths, based on the calculated reliability, selecting a set of minimal cutsets from all such cutsets that lie between the starting node and the target node, calculating the probability of the union of the minimal cutsets, and setting a lower bound for the unreliability of the set of all cutsets. | 12-31-2009 |
Zhi Liu, Seattle, WA US
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| 20090148468 | RAPID, EFFICIENT PURIFICATION OF HSV-SPECIFIC T-LYMPHOCYTES AND HSV ANTIGENS IDENTIFIED VIA SAME - Described is a method of identifying an immunologically active antigen of a virus that attacks skin, as well as a method of enriching a population of lymphocytes for T lymphocytes that are specific to a virus that attacks skin. Also provided are HSV antigens and epitopes that are useful for the prevention and treatment of HSV infection that have been identified via the methods of the invention. T-cells having specificity for antigens of the invention have demonstrated cytotoxic activity against cells loaded with virally-encoded peptide epitopes, and in many cases, against cells infected with HSV. The identification of immunogenic antigens responsible for T-cell specificity provides improved anti-viral therapeutic and prophylactic strategies. Compositions containing antigens or polynucleotides encoding antigens of the invention provide effectively targeted vaccines for prevention and treatment of HSV infection. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20110135687 | RAPID, EFFICIENT PURIFICATION OF HSV-SPECIFIC T-LYMPHOCYTES AND HSV ANTIGENS IDENTIFIED VIA SAME - Described is a method of identifying an immunologically active antigen of a virus that attacks skin, as well as a method of enriching a population of lymphocytes for T lymphocytes that are specific to a virus that attacks skin. Also provided are HSV antigens and epitopes that are useful for the prevention and treatment of HSV infection that have been identified via the methods of the invention. T-cells having specificity for antigens of the invention have demonstrated cytotoxic activity against cells loaded with virally-encoded peptide epitopes, and in many cases, against cells infected with HSV. The identification of immunogenic antigens responsible for T-cell specificity provides improved anti-viral therapeutic and prophylactic strategies. Compositions containing antigen or polynucleotides encoding antigens of the invention provide effectively targeted vaccines for prevention and treatment of HSV infection. | 06-09-2011 |
Zhiqiang Liu, Kirkland, WA US
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| 20110096394 | REAR-PROJECTION DISPLAY - Various embodiments related to rear-projection image display are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a projector for projecting an image and a screen configured to display the image. The screen comprises a filter layer having a light reception side and an image display side. The filter layer includes an array of trapezoidal transmissive elements and an array of trapezoidal absorption elements, where a wider base of each of the trapezoidal transmissive elements faces the light reception side of the filter layer, and where a wider base of each of the trapezoidal absorption elements faces the image display side of the filer layer. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110115747 | INFRARED VISION WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Various embodiments related to infrared vision for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device are disclosed herein. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a display system, comprising an LCD device and a display backlight configured to illuminate the LCD device by directing visible light toward an interior surface of the LCD device. The display system further comprises a wavelength-selective reflector disposed between the display backlight and the LCD device and having a smooth surface facing the interior surface of the LCD device, where the wavelength-selective reflector has a wavelength-selective coating configured to cause incident visible light from the display backlight to be transmitted through the wavelength-selective reflector to the LCD device, and cause incident infrared light reflected from an object on or near an exterior surface of the LCD device to be reflected off of the wavelength-selective reflector and directed to an infrared vision subsystem. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20120019789 | REAR-PROJECTION DISPLAY - Various embodiments related to rear-projection image display are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a projector for projecting an image and a screen configured to display the image. The screen comprises a filter layer having a light reception side and an image display side. The filter layer includes an array of trapezoidal transmissive elements and an array of trapezoidal absorption elements, where a wider base of each of the trapezoidal transmissive elements faces the light reception side of the filter layer, and where a wider base of each of the trapezoidal absorption elements faces the image display side of the filer layer. | 01-26-2012 |
Zongyi Liu, Issaquah, WA US
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| 20100082151 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING SHIPMENT PARCELS - Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels at materials handling facilities. A parcel receiving system has an imaging tunnel through which shipment parcels received at a materials handling facility are passed. While a shipment parcel is passing through the imaging tunnel, a camera captures at least one image of the parcel. The parcel image is electronically analyzed to discover various tracking information and to detect various types of exceptions, such as damage to the parcel or defective tracking information. In addition, the captured image is stored in order to create a visual record of the parcel at the time of reception. This record may be used in a variety of ways, such as resolving or tracking exceptions or providing feedback to the vendor or shipment carrier. In addition, the parcel image may be viewed by a user to enable the user to detect and/or resolve an exception. Thus, the overall process of receiving parcels is facilitated, and the percentage of parcels diverted to an exception bin may be decreased. | 04-01-2010 |